Railway-tie and rail-fastening.



J. J.. UDONNELL. RAILWAY TIE AND RAIL FASTBNING.

APPLICATION FILED NOV.16, 1908.

Patented Mar. 23, 1909.

jmuewboz 0 I 'videa cross tie and rail fasteningof this vaTAlllIES JOSEPH ODONNELL, OF PADUCAH, KENTUCKY.

RAILWAY-'Tm AND' RAIL-FASTENING.

-`Tol dllfivliom indy concern.' .jfl Beit known that al, JAMES 1.a citizen 'of the United States, residing at 5;,Paducah, -inth-countyoi McCracken and' 4aState of Kentuck ,Y have invented a new and useful Railway` ie and Rail-Fastening,o

f which'thefollowin is a speciiication.. r

'1 The `inventionre ates'to improvements nl railway tiesv and rail -fastenings "110i The object of the present invention is td 'f,im prove the construction of railway ties an i fastenings, and to increasethe strength,- durabilityjand efficiency of the same, and to "i provide a ,simple and comparatively inex-l pensive metallic cross tie'and rail fastening,

adapted't'o' dispense with bolts, nuts and nut lookin ".devic'es, .and capable of permitting' the 4ralls Lto expand 'and' contract without loosenin or injuring the fastening means.

g A furt' er 'obiect of the invention 1s to procharactenadapted to permit the rails to be `quickly .removed and replaced vand capable of affording an accurate ga *e for the rails.

Another object of the invention is to prov vide across tie and fastening means capable of positively drawino` the rails in proper positionfand of therey beingutzed' as a.

'meansffor straighteningcrooked "iils while securing-the same inzposition on the'cross ties. v Furthermore,.the invention has lor its object'gtowprovide a-hollow metallic cross tie, adapted to be tamped full of earth, or other material when lit 1s desired to weight the cross tie or deaden sound, and equipped with .neans 4for retaining the tainped material in ace.

A itlier object of the invention is to pro- -vide .an efficient rail cushioning device,

adapted t afford the-desired elasticity and capablof enabling the metallic cross tieto be constructed as strong and rigid as necessary.,`

inventionconsists in the construction and novel combination of parts hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawing, and .pointed -out in the claims hereto appended; it being understood that variouschanges in the form, proportion, size andv minor details of construction, within lthe scope of the claims, may be resorted to without departing from the spirit or sacri- 55 iicing any of the advantages o f the invention.

In the drawing z-Figure' l is a perspective Specification of Letters Patent. Application ledNovember 16, 1908. Serial No. 462,866.

J.' ODNNELL,

VVith-t'hesel and other objects in view, the' end walls-from the cross tie.

Patented March 23, 1 909.

view of a railway tie and rail fastening, cor

structed in accordance with this invention. Fig. -2 is a longitudinal sectional view. Fig., 3 is a plan view, partly in section. Fig. 4 1s a transverse sectional view', taken substantially on the line 4-4 of Fig. 3. Fig.`5 is a detail perspective -view of one end of the cross tie, the end wall being removed. Fig. 6 is a detail erspective view of one of the railholdin c amp Fig. 7 is a detail view of the cus ion su porting and holding device. Fi 8 is a etail sectional view, illustrating t e construction of the plvoted ratchet bars for lookin the wedges in engagement with the railolding clamps.

Like numerals of reference designa e corre- '.vsponding parts in all the figures of the drawing. y V1 designates a hollow metallic `cross tie, constructed of a single piece of sheet metal,

and bent to form a hollow angular cross tie.

-The longitudinal. edged portions 2 of the sheet metal are arranged in contact and extend upward from the longitudinal center of Hthe bottom of the cross tie and form a central longitudinal support, which iits against the lower face of the top of the cross tie, as clearly illustrated in Fig. 4 of the drawing. The longitudinal edged portions form a doubled reinforced brace throughout the longitudinal center of the cross tie, and they are provided at their ends with lugs. 3, bent around the end edges of the longitudinal -ortions, as clearly shown in Figs. 1 and 5 o the drawing and vsecuring the said longitudinal edged ortions together. i'lhe central longitudina support terminates short ofthe ends of the cross tie, and' the side walls 4 are' p rovided 'with inwardly extending vertical anges 5, spaced fromlthe. e'nd edges of the such as sheet steel, or other suitable material l top ofthe cross tieand forming opposite verr 'tical ways for. the reception of. removable Walls 6, which rest @upon the projecting or'- tions'T-of the bottom.' of the cross tie. he

removable endl walls 6 are held against outward -displacementiby the flanges 5, and t'he ends of the central longitudinal support resist any inward movement of the end walls, and they cooperate with the flanges 5 in slid' ably-retaining the end walls in place. The

end walls -are provided at the top with inwardly extending lugs 8, overlapping the top of the cross tie and adapted to be engaged by a suitable tool for conveniently removing the v BY PTOVlfiIlg 'thereinovable end walls cross ties may be tainped with earth, or any other suitable material, when it 1s desired to weight vthem or deaden noise, and the end walls will retain',

the tamped material, within the cross ties.

The rails 9, which are held in place by railholding clamps 10, are supported upon cushions consisting of lupper and lower' sections l 1 and 12, arranged within a holder 13,.con

cushion to prevent displacement of the same.

The lowersection of the cushion is arranged upon the cross tie and is located between the depending flanges 14, which extend below the lower cushioning section and engage the side faces of the cross tie. The upper cushioning section, which `is placed between the fupwardly extending flanges 15, is of a thickness greater than the latter to prevent the rail from comingin contact with the same. The lower cushioning section-is preferably constructed'of wood, and the upper section 1 1 is preferably constructed of rubber, or other elastic material. However, the cushioning sections may be made of any other suitable material, as will'be readily understood.v By cushioning the rails in this manner the lcross tie may be constructed as strong and' rigid as desired ,without forming too rigid a support for the rails. i

The rail holding vclamps 1 0 are provided with a body portion, arrangedupon the top of the cross tie and havinga'flat lower face to Afit against the top wall. The clamp is provided at its inner end with aj aw 16, extending over the bottom flange of the .rail and adapted to engage the same or a fish plate, as clearly illustrated in Fig. 2 of the drawing, whereby the rails are lsecurelyfastened to the cross tie. The clamps are'arranged in pairs and are provided with depending Shanks or attaching4 portions 17, extending through the tcp of the cross tie, which is pro'- vided with Vopenings having enlarged outer .'posed contracted portions 19 ofthe openings portions 18 and contracted inner portions 19. The depending attaching Shanks or por,- tions'17 are of a size to pass through the enlargedv portions 18 of the openings of the vcross tie, and they are provided at opposite` sides with grooves 20, forming a'narrow portion of a size to `enter the contracted port-ions of the slots and adapted to receive the edges of the sheet metal of the tie at opposite sides of the slot 19, whereby the clamps are slidably interlocked with the top of the cross tie.

The clamps are movableinwardly andeutwardly along thenarrow longitudinally disto engage and release the, rails, 'andthey are securely maintained in enlgagement with the rails by means of transverse wedges 21, arranged horizcntally and passing through` cross tie, it is next/to impossi posite slots 22 of the side walls of the cross tie.'- lhe -wedges engage transverse' recesses 23 of the Shanks or attaching portions of the clamps, and are thereby interlocked with the saine, so that in addition to preventing outward or backward movement of the clamps, thekeys also operate to holdthe clamps against upward movement'and assist in preventing upward movement of the rails. The track fasteners 'of the cross tie are spaced the proper distance apart, so that4 when the rails are secured in place, the

"track will be of the roper gage;- Also as .the wedges are capab eof positively forcing the rails into proper osition with relation to each other, the rail astenings are adapted to be employed for straightening crooked rails.

able keys 24 and -they are preferably equi ped with reversely arranged pivotedv rato et bars 25, provided with ratchet teeth The wedges are secured in place by suit- 26 lfor engagingthe side walls of the cross` tie at the slots or openings 22, and theyoperate in longitudinal grooves 27 in the lower faces of the wedges. The ratchet bars are provided at their inner ends with'pivots 28, projecting' laterally and arranged in .opposite recesses 29 in the wallsof the` grooves 27. The ratchet teeth are shoul-A dered at their `inner sides, and the engagef opening 30, adapted to permit 4a tool to be introduced into it for holding the 'other ratchet bar empf-engagement while the wedge is bei'ng 'drivenoutward When' the rails are properly secured in lplace upon `the to'become loose. l i v The adjacentends ofthe two railsare engaged by opposite fish plates 3.1, provided in their vertical portions with ribs 82, preferably formed -by'v crimping the fish plates, or grooving the metal at the inner faces of the fish plates and located at the outer sides of' the engaging portions or jaws of the clamps, as clearly illustrated in Figs. 1 and 3 of the drawing, whereby theliish plates and the rails are 'securely clamped onthe cross tie withoutthe use ofbolts and nuts andA nut locking'devices. This manner of forming a rail joint also obviates the necessity of perforating the-fish plates and the rails.l

le for the rails Instead, however, of grooving the verticalr latter may be cast, or otherwise formed.

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' and removable end .wa

integral with the fish plates and various other forms of integral stops may be employed for engaging the rail holding clamps.

Having thus fully described my invention,

what I claim as newvand desire to secure by Letters Patent, is z-- v1. A metallic cross tie consistlng of a sheet of metal folded to form a hollow anA gular tie, the longitudinal edge portions being fitted together and extended upward from the bottom of the tie to form a centra-llongitudinal support for the top of the same, said central support being terminated short of the ends of the cross tie and the latter being provided at the side walls with opposite ways, and removable end walls arranged in theways.

2. A -metallic cross tie consisting .of a` sheet of metal folded to form a hollow angu- 'lar tie, the longitudinal edge portions being fitted ,together-and extended upward from extending' vertical fianges coperating with ends' ofthe central sulpport to form ways, s supported `upon. 1n

the bottomA of the crosstie and arrange the said ways, the end walls being held against outward movement by the vertical flanges 'and against inward movement by the and downwardly extending terminal flanges' located entirely beneath therail, the downf. wardly. extending flanges engaging the sides ofthe cross tie, and upper and lower cushioning sections located above and below the i holderand arranged. between the terminal -the body'port'on and located entirely 1lie-- fianges thereof.

5.A A cross 'tie provided 4with cushioning means includlng a metallic holder consisting of a flat body portion 'and terminal flanges extendlng upwardly and downwardly from neath 'the rail, the 'downwardly extending flangesbeing arranged torengage the sides of 4the'cr'oss tie, a lower wooden section interposed between the body portion of the holder andthe prose tie and arranged between the .downwardly extending flanges, and an upper elastic cushioning section arranged between the upwardly extending flanges and being of' a thickness in excess ci the height the upwardly extending flanges.

6. The combination ol a hollow cross tie, rail-holding clamps slidably interlocked with the top of the cross tie, and transversely disposed locking members piercing the cross tie and engaging the clamps to hold the same against outward movement and also interlocked with the clamps for holding the same against upward movement.

7. The combination of a hollow cross tic, opposite railholding clamps having de# pending shanks slidably interlocked with the top of the crosstie and provided with recesses, transverse wedges piercing the side walls of the cross tie and fitting in the recesses of the shanks ofthe clamps, and o posite pivoted ratchet bars carried by t c wedges and engaging the side walls of the cross tie.

8. The combination of a hollow cross tie, opposite rail-holding clamps'having depending Shanks slidablyinterlocked witlrthe top of the cross tie and provided with recesses, .transverse wedges piercing the side walls of the cross tie and fitting in the recesses'of the Shanks of the clam s, and opposite pivoted ratchet bars carrie( by the wedges and en-` gaging the side walls ofthe cross tie, each of the wedges being rovided at its smaller end with an opening ocated at the adjacent engaging portion ofthe ratchet bar for enabling the same to be held out of engagement by the tool. A

9. The combination ol a cross tie, railholding clamps,v and fish plates provided l with integral projections extending 'beyond the outer faces of the fish plates 'and engaging the clamps for holding the fish plates against longitudinal movement.

.10. The combination of a cross tie, railholdingclamps,` and fish plates provided with exterior'vertical ribs project-ing beyond .the outer faces of the fish vplates and fitted against the clamps, whereby the fish plates are held against longitudinal movement.

11. The combination with a cross tie, and rail-holding clamps, of fishv plates provided with exterior rilfs formed by grooving the fish plates. at the inner faces thereof-and prolecting beyond `the outer faces 'of the fish plates, saidl ribs being arranged to engage lis? the clamps for holding (the fish plates against longitudinal movement.

ln testimony, that I claim the forego-nig vas my own, I have hereto' aflixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

JAMES JOSEPH lD(')l\lli'` dil-i.

Witnesses: y

W. A. ERnY, d; R. Gini/(MN. 

